Rev. J.W. Keith

Rev. J.W. Keith was the informant for the 12/25/1889 marriage of Peter Lewis Morton & Annie Johnon in Monroe County in 1889.

Rev. M.H. Bittinger

Rev. M.H. Bittinger officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County marriages:

1887 -
Jacob Miller and Delilah Black, 9/6/1887

Rev. Abraham Beaks

Rev. Abraham Beaks officiated at the following (Black) Summers County marriages:
1903 -
Walter Rose & Lillie Haynes, 9/23/1903

Rev. John A. Anderson

Rev. John A. Anderson officiated at the following (Black) Summers County marriage:

1882 -
George W. Davis & Annie Nickell

Rev. E.P. Jeffries

Rev. E.P. Jeffries officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County marriage:

1899 -
Charles Henry Clay Hoover & Lula Bell Pack, 6/13/1899

At this point in time, I'm not sure if Rev. Jeffries was Caucasian or Black.

Rev. Joseph W. Jackson

Rev. Joseph W. Jackson officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County marriages:
1900 -
Eugene Leonard Conner & Eliza Baker, Jan/10/1900

Rev. William Jackson

Rev. William Jackson officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County marriages:
1895 -
James David Triplet & Martha Etta Bailey at Gap Mills, 6/26/1895
1898 -
George W. Triplett & Alice Johnson, 6/5/1898
1899 -
Christopher Columbus Banks & Julia Ann Gross at Gap Mills, 12/27/1899
1900 -
Eugene "Leonard" Conner & Eliza Baker, Jan/9/1900
1912-
Horace Brown & Gussie Johnson, 2/3/1912

Rev. Jackson was a Minister of the Gospel. (At this time, it is not clear if he was Caucasian or Black)

Lynching - Lewisburg, Greenbrier County

One of southeastern West Virginia's darkest nights was on November 22, 1931 when two men, Tom Jackson & George Banks were forcibly removed from the Lewisburg jail and lynched.
For more information on this event see:
-- The Negro Citizen of West Virginia by Thomas E. Posey, pages 78-80
-- The Greenbrier Independent, 12/11/1931
-- The Greenbrier Independent, 12/18/1931
-- The Greenbrier Independent, 12/25/1931
-- The Greenbrier Independent, Jan/8/1932
WV Death Certificate # 16202 - for Tom Jackson
WV Death Certificate # 16203 - for George Banks
(Relatives of Jackson were: his widow, Margaret Jackson; his sister, Lucinda Upshaw of Washington, D.C.: his brothers, Mertie Jackson & Fred Jackson; & his mother, Lucy Jackson of Trevilion, Virginia)
(Relatives of Banks were: his sisters, Thelma Mullins of Leslie & Helen Banks Terry of Detroit; his brothers, Homer, Curtis, Woodrow & Harold)

Rev. R.J. Perkins (Black Minister)

Rev. R.J. Perkins officiated at the following (Black) Summers County Marriages:
1887 -
Simon Collins & Rosa Clark, 7/12/1887
1889 -
John C. Adams & Rosa L. Bird, 12/20/1889
1890 -
Richard Hogans & Laura Lee, 5/25/1890
1891 -
Huston N. Nickell & Sarah J. Lewis, 11/19/1891
1892 -
Archy Briggs & Lucy Peters, Jan/27/1892
David Jones & Artie Law, 7/27/1892
Joseph R. Dickinson & Lula Loggin, 12/25/1892
1893 -
Thomas Nelson & Clara Peters, 7/27/1893
William M. Morris & Mary A.A. Smith, 10/23/1893
1894 -
John William Ross & Martha Peyton, 5/24/1894
Robert H. Trent & Mattie A. Payne, 12/26/1894
1895 -
Blicher Fipps & Martha Easter, 7/26/1895
John Stith & Mary Waddy, 8/25/1895
Thomas Mims & Mattie Graham, 10/26/1895
Charles Johnson & Izetta Young, 12/22/1895
1896 -
Charles J. Jones & Virginia Lee Pack, 6/29/1896
Luther Payne & Mary Jackson, 8/2/1896
1897 -
Jack Daniel & Jane Gardner, 5/1/1897
1898 -
Oliver B. Lee & Lula Blake, Jan/26/1898
John Williams & Artie M. Law, 3/13/1898
1899 -
Rucker Simpson & Ida Swinney, 5/11/1899
Wilbert Steel & Lelia Strange
1900 -
George Miller & Nannie E.B. Smith, 6/1900
1901 -
Benjamin Teal & Arminthia Hill, 10/14/1901

He officiated at the following (Black) marriages in Monroe County:
1893 -
W. Anderson Wells & Ada Randolph, 5/17/1893

For more information on Rev. Perkins see
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/fayette/schools/colored.txt
which is relative to the "History of Education in WV 1904 - Colored Schools in Fayette
See the article about Second Baptist Church by Marion Gore & Edna G. Price, p. 199 in the book (?History of Summers County) where they indicate that Rev. Perkins was the 3rd Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Hinton, Summers County.

Rev. J.C. Killion

Rev. J.C. Killion was the officiant at the following (Black) marriages:

1901 -
Henderson Everett Freeman & Cora Luvenia Swope

Note: Rev. Killion was the Pastor of the Green Pines Baptist Church

Rev. C.P. Kelley

Rev. C.P. Kelley was the officiant at the following (Black) Summers County Marriages:
1881 -
Oscar Clay & Alice Jarrett, 2/10/1881
James Kelly & Kata Bank, 11/5/1881

Rev. Edward P. Jackson

Rev. Edward P. Jackson officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County marriages:
1886 -
Marshall Lewis & Lucy Kinny, 2/7/1886
1887 -
William Johnson & Emma Josephine Howard, 5/27/1887
William Coleman & Mary Smith, 12/25/1887
Sterling Price Renick & Josephine Walden, 12/29/1887
1888 -
Jesse Smith & Ellen Pack, 10/10/1888
1889 -
Henry Roles Clear & Mary Jane Brown, 3/14/1889
Benjamin F. Anderson & Annie Gray Twist, 12/5/1889
1891 -
Henry Franklin Miner & Octava Crawford, 4/30/1891

Rev. Edward P. Jackson appears on the 1880 Census for Greenbrier County, Fort Spring District, as a Black Male, 24, Minister, other relationship to John Scott (30).

Rev. Samuel R. Houston (Caucasian officiated at Black marriages)

Rev. Samuel R. Houston was a Caucasian Presbyterian Minister. He officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County marriages:
1874 -
Franklin Cousins & Jennie Kilbreath, 11/5/1874
Calvin Curry & Jennie Barber, 12/3/1874
William Peter Dunsmore & Barbara Curry, 12/17/1874
1880 -
George "Washington" Moore & Martha Jackson, 3/25/1880
1881 -
George Washington Haynes* & Elizabeth Haynes **, 4/28/1881
Dudley Y. Haynes ** & Harriet Honaker

* See previous post re: George Washington Haynes
** See previous posts re: Elizabeth Payne Haynes & Dudley Payne Haynes (Why Being a Haynes ...)

Note: For more information regarding Rev. Houston (and for his picture) see History of Monroe County.

Rev. Jefferson Gillmore

Rev. Jefferson Gillmore officated at the following Monroe County Marriage*:
1875 -
John Keltser & Fanny Shelton

*He signed his name with an X

Quick Index for June, July, Aug & Sept 2006

QUICK INDEX FOR JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, & SEPTEMBER 2006 -

June -
20th - Blogger's Note - "About ten years ago I started to look for the identity of my grandparents in Greenbrier County." (Explanation for blog)
21st - Early WV Census Records; Resources; Mildred Carter Bess
22nd - Franklin Winfield Page, Nancy Gardner, Sarah Freeman, Julia Truss, Perkins Family, Harriet Olive Kelly Miller Williams, James & Malinda Freeman; Richard "Dick" Pointer; Resources/Tips (including "Black Residents of Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, & Summers Counties, WV - Notes of Carol L. Haynes", by Carol L. Haynes); Charles Anderson (Free Inhabitant); Housekeeping (Matthews, Anne Sidney Jackson Matthews Wade; Housekeeping (Resources)
23rd - Resources; Dora Littleton, Eliza Ann Littleton (Ellis) Davis, Mary Ann Littleton Hughes, James Littleton, Abram Ellis, John "Jack" Davis, Mary Ellis, Luther Ellis
24th - Annie Matthews Perkins, Samuel "Oscar" Johnson
25th - George Washington Haynes
27th - Why Being a Haynes Can Mean You Are a Payne; Spotts; Albert Payne, Martha Ann Payne Haynes Jones; Socrates Payne Haynes, Elizabeth Payne Haynes, Dudley Y. Payne Haynes, Charlotte Payne Haynes, James Haynes, Purcey/Percy Haynes, Solomon Haynes, Peter Jones, William Henry Brown, Relda Dunsmore; Richard "Dick" Pointer, Jonathan Pointer; Phyllis Preston Jarrett; Community Based Genealogical Projects
28th - Resources
29th - "Aunt Sally" (Creigh)/Sallie Woods; Resources; Jenny & Barsheba Ellison, Thomas Payne, Rev. Christopher Harrison Payne

July -
1st - Bishop Matthew W. Clair
2nd - Greenbrier Historical Society Marriage Bonds; "The Darkies" (a Nickell Family compilation); Samuel Moore, Emily Peck Patton Moore, John Moore, Dora Nickell, Samuel Killbreath
5th - 45th United States Colored Troops
6th - Annie Matthews Perkins, Josephine Cooley Jackson, Charles Walter Jackson, Tearance B. Jackson, Howard Cooley, Rose Emma Johnson Cooley, Juanita Jackson
12th - "Bricktop"; John Henry; James Presly Ball, Thomas Corbin Woodson, Frank W. Page & "Traveller"
16th - John Henry (famous worker who was engaged in a contest with a steam drill); Mary Ann Littleton Hughes
24th - James P.D. Gardner
30th - James Presly Ball

August -
1st - Marriages by Rev. Martin Bibb (Summers County)
3rd - Marriages by Rev. J. Ford Baggs; Marriages by Rev. P.B. Baber (Monroe County)
6th - Marriages by Rev. Charles L. Campbell (Monroe County)
9th - Marriages by Rev. Rufus Pack
12th - Resource - Note on NEW RIVER HERITAGE by William Sanders - a book about Summers County
21st - Marriages by Rev. Stewart Aiken Lewis (Monroe County marriages); Note on Agnes M. Lewis; Marriages by Rev. H.R. Laird
31st - Byrd Prillerman

September -
2nd - Marriages by Rev. Elijah P. Fleshman (Monroe County)
3rd - Marriages by Rev. Thomas W. Boothe
5th - Marriages by Rev. Elijah A. Ayers (Monroe County)
6th - Marriages by Rev. Christopher Columbus Logan (Greenbrier County)
7th - Marriages by Rev. J.P. Campbell (Monroe County & Summers County)
8th - Marriages by Rev. A.J. Thompson (Summers County)
9th - Marriages by Rev. J.E. Thorne (Monroe County); Note on Martha Thorne; Marriages by Rev. Jefferson Gillmore (Monroe County); Marriages by Rev. Samuel R. Houston (Monroe County); Marriages by Rev. Edward P. Jackson (Monroe County)
13th - Rev. R.J. Perkins; Rev. J.C. Killion, Rev. C.P. Kelley
16th - Lynching - Lewisburg, Greenbrier County
17th - Rev. E.P. Jeffries, Rev. Joseph Jackson, Rev. William Jackson
26th - Rev. John A. Anderson
30th - Rev. J.W. Keith, Rev. M.H. Bittinger, Rev. Abraham Beaks

Rev. J.E. Thorne

Rev. J.E. Thorne* was a "Minister of the Gospel" and the officiant at the following (Black) Monroe County marriages:
1903 -
William Harrison Pack & Burkey Elizabeth Pack, 5/31/1903
1904 -
C.W. wilson & Florence Symns, 7/20/1904

*Not sure if he was Caucasian or Black

Note that the only other "Thorne" entry that I have in my Notes (Black Residents of Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, & Summers Counties by Carol Haynes) is
Martha Thorne who appears on the 1900 Census, Greenbrier County, Falling Springs District, Black Female, age 40, servant, born in Virginia & on the 1900 Census, GC, FlngSD, BF, 50, single, Cook, b. in Va., & on the 1930 Census, GC, FlngSD, BF, 61, servant, b. in Va.

Rev. A.J. Thompson

Rev. A.J. Thompson* officiated at the following (Black) Summers County marriages:

1885 -
John Henry Gore & Mary Hale, 9/19/1885
Henry Woodson & Sally Hargrove, 10/20/1885
1886 -
William Harmon & Emily Davidson, 6/10/1886
George Davidson & Minerva Anderson, 6/10/1886
1892 -
Thomas Mann & Elisabeth Walker, 6/30/1892

*Not sure if he is Black or Caucasian

Rev. J.P. Campbell

Rev. J.P. Campbell (probably Caucasian b/c he officiated over Caucasian & Black weddings) officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County marriages:
1878 -
Charles Branch & Mary "Jane" Curry, 7/7/1878
1882 -
John Kelly & Arzetta Symns, 8/1/1882

and he officiated at the following (Black) Summers County Marriages:

1898 -
William Lewis & Mary A. Davidson, 9/1/1898
1899 -
J.E. Moss & Evangeline M. Lomax, 8/5/1899
1900 -
Robert Pleasants & M.J. Smith, 7/3/1900
George Claybourn & Anna (Williams) Kelly, 7/3/1900
Henry Hayden & Ella Goodwine, 7/26/1900
1901 -
Anderson Medley & Fannie Smith, 9/1901
John ?Mangnum & Alice Moseby, Jan, 20/1901
J.D. Price & Lelia Braxton, 2/28/1901
Andrew Banks & Eva Nelson, 5/19/1901
James R. L. Diggs, & Alberta M. Pack, 6/8/1901
Carter Saunders & Clara Givens, 6/5/1901
Lewis Anderson & Ella Nelson, 6/20/1901
Charles Smith & Mattie Moore, 7/1901
William Tinsley & Martha Pleasant, 9/2/1901
E.G. Pack & Mary B. Pack, 9/25/1901
Charlie Jones & Eliza Jackson, 9/30/1901
W.E. Smith & Elizabeth Johnston, 11/2/1901
Joseph Scott & Sarah Ware, November or December, 1901
1902 -
Harry Loggins & Anna Coles, 1/13/1902
W.H. Pack & Mattie Jackson, 3/1902
Wheeler Stovall & Eunice Rotan, 4/10/1902
Henry Clair, Jr. & Annette E. Perkins
James R. Smith & Martha Hale, 8/4/1902
Dan Brown & Martha Johnson, 8/11/1902
D.J. Faulkner & Emma Martin, 10/1902
Richard Toney & Mary J. Jackson, 12/22/1902
1903 -
R. (?Reabus) Bazley & Rosie Bush, 11/1903
W. ? Holdran & Mullie Barrett, 12/1903
1904 -
Harry Jones & Anna Hill Gaines/Goines, 2/2/1904
W.W. Woods & Julia Lewis, 2/22/1904
1905 -
Lewis Williams & Mary Burk, 10/19/1905

Rev. Christopher Columbus Logan (Black minister)

Rev. Christopher Columbus Logan (Sr.) officiated at the following (Black) Greenbrier County marriages:
1950 -
William Mark Bryson & Doretta Logan Clark
Cassie Eliza Faye Brown & Christopher Columbus Logan, Jr.
1952 -
Laura Jean Strawbridge & James Lewis Johnson, 9/26/1952
Jack Johnson Williams & Carrie Elizabeth Walker

Also see the Journal of the Greenbrier Historical Society, Vol 7, # 5, p. 88, 2003 - "Rome Baptist Church"

Rev. Elijah Ayers

Rev. Elijah Ayers was the husband of Marcie J. Young Ayers. He was the Pastor of the John Wesley United Methodist Church - Lewisburg, Greenbrier County. He officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County Marriages:
1885 -
William Thomas Smalls & Ollie Green, 10/28/1885
1886 -
Benjamin Tolliver & Mariah A. Triplett at Gap Mills, 12/30/1886
Joseph Lewis & Mary Springfield White at Sinks Grove, 12/30/1886

Rev. Thomas W. Boothe

Rev. Thomas W. Boothe officiated at the folllowing marriages:

1881 -
John A. Parker & Susan Thomas - 3/10/1881

He can be found on the 1880 Census, Monroe County at Union as a Black Male, age 45, with Nancy Chambers (MuF 30)

Rev. Elijah P. Fleshman

Rev. Elijah P. Fleshman was a Caucasian male who appears in the 1880 Census for Monroe County, Red Sulphur Springs District as a farmer. He officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County Marriages:
1878 -
John Easter & Clementine Dickason - 1/17/1878
1881 -
William Moore & Alice Jane Swopes - 3/6/1881
1884 -
Cyrus Hopkins & Georgia "Ellen" Carter - 2/18/1884
1885 -
Hugh Swope & Mary Ann Law - 3/10/1885
Shadrack Dickason & Katie A. Graty - 3/19/1885
1886 -
Edward Swope & Rosie L. Syms, 10/12/1886
1889 -
William Chapman & Skippie L. Dickson - 4/4/1889